This four volume set provides a focal point for the study and analysis of welfare in developed societies. It comprises the key contributions that have been made to the understanding of welfare by leading theorists and researchers of social policy over the past century or so. In particular, it draws on seminal articles and papers published in academic journals and major edited collections which have been important in underpinning both later academic study and policy development. A wide historical reach gives readers across the world access to a range of material that focuses on international...

This collection of key source materials documents the history of the field, identifies important turning points in research and practice, and indicates key challenges for the future. It also addresses the urgent need for perspectives from the global South to complement the more familiar ones of official documents and researchers in high-income countries.

Global Health includes four volumes: Volume One: Historical Perspectives: From International to Global Health

Volume Two: Scientific Advances

Volume Three: Scientific Consolidation

Volume Four: Global Health Ethics, Public Policy and...

Health and social welfare are the cornerstones to the well-being of the community as a whole. They are underpinned by those networks of relationships among persons, firms, and institutions in a society, together with associated norms of behaviour, trust, cooperation, etc., that enable a society to function effectively. The SAGE Library of Health and Social Welfare focuses on the critical and reflective nature of theory, policy and practice in health and social welfare. By bringing together seminal works from across the health and social welfare spectrum, from social work and...